The average time a listing takes to sell or lease; rising days on market is an early sign of softening demand before prices visibly move.
Related terms
- Demand driver
An underlying factor - jobs, population, income, tourism - that generates need for real estate.
- Demand-supply gap
The shortfall or surplus between the units a market needs and those it delivers; Egypt's persistent housing deficit and Gulf oversupply cycles are two sides of…
- Market cycle timing
Judging where a market sits in the recovery, expansion, oversupply, and recession phases to time entry and exit; mistiming the Gulf's sharp cycles is the class…
- Market depth
The volume of transactions and participants in a market, indicating how readily deals can be done.
- Market segmentation
Dividing a market into distinct buyer or tenant groups by need, price point, or location.
- Months of supply
The number of months it would take to sell current inventory at the current sales pace; under about six months signals a seller's market, above signals a buyer…
- Mystery shopping
Posing as a prospective buyer or tenant to gather competitor pricing, incentives, and sales practices firsthand; often the only way to get real transaction ter…
- Net absorption
The change in occupied space over a period, accounting for both move-ins and move-outs.